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We will be creating our storage server as an [[PVE LXC Containers|LXC]] under [[Proxmox Stuff|Proxmox]] with dedicated physical drives on the physical server.

(NOTE: any file/folder names in '''''bold & italic''''' here are examples of what I'm doing on a local system & may be different depending on YOUR needs...)

== Building the LXC under Proxmox ==

=== Configuring the LXC ===
Configure this as a '''Privileged''' container.

Under '''Options / Features''', turn on '''Nesting''', '''NFS''' & '''SMB/CIFS.'''

It will simply your life if you can set up local users matching each network user that will be accessing this server. On my network, there are only 3 users that match this criteria. But, you may want to look into kerberos or some such.

=== Setting up dedicated drives ===
See: [[Adding a new drive from the command line]]

Personally, I like to handle my drives '''by label''' to make them easier to find & move around if needed.

In this case, I'm adding 5 drives to the LXC...

This section is to be done while logged into the Proxmox server as '''root'''.

Mount your dedicated drives on the Physical server itself. To do this at the command line:

* <code>mount -L '''''Storage-0 /mnt/Storage-0'''''</code>
* <code>mount -L '''''Storage-1 /mnt/Storage-1'''''</code>
* <code>mount -L '''''Storage-2 /mnt/Storage-2'''''</code>
* <code>mount -L '''''Storage-3 /mnt/Storage-3'''''</code>
* <code>mount -L '''''Storage-4 /mnt/Storage-4'''''</code>
Then you can use [https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Linux_Container#_bind_mount_points bindmount] to attach them to your LXC.

* <code>pct set '''''10020''''' -mp0 /mnt/Storage-0,mp=/Storage-0</code>
* <code>pct set '''''10020''''' -mp1 /mnt/Storage-1,mp=/Storage-1</code>
* <code>pct set '''''10020''''' -mp2 /mnt/Storage-2,mp=/Storage-2</code>
* <code>pct set '''''10020''''' -mp3 /mnt/Storage-3,mp=/Storage-3</code>
* <code>pct set '''''10020''''' -mp4 /mnt/Storage-4,mp=/Storage-4</code>
At this point, I would recomment rebooting the LXC, either through the GUI or:

* <code>pct reboot '''''10020'''''</code>

=== Prepping the shares "to be" ===
This section is to be done while logged into the LXC.
* Create the starting points
** <code>sudo mkdir /Backups</code>
** <code>sudo mkdir /Media</code>
** <code>sudo mkdir /Documents</code>
* Create the folders to be shared
** <code>sudo mount -o bind /mnt/Storage-3/'''''Cecil-Backup'''''/ /Backups/'''''Cecil'''''</code>
** <code>sudo mount -o bind /mnt/Storage-3/'''''Cleanup-Space/Photos''''' /Media/'''''Photos'''''</code>
** etc, etc, etc...

== NFS ==
See: [[Setting up NFS for file sharing]]

=== Configuring the NFS shares ===

== SMB ==
See: [[Installing Samba from the command line]]

=== Configuring the SMB shares ===

== FTP ==
See: [[FTP Serving]]

=== Configuring the FTP shares ===